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Every day this man shows the world that he really doesn't have a ****ing clue about any subject other than personal enrichment. Naturally, the White House is desperately trying to walk back his words
Can you say, HOLY ****! I'll bet you can.
Every other developed nation has basic universal health care with lower costs and better outcomes for public health than the United States, yet the 'conservatives' are unwilling to accept the facts.
Trump praises Australian universal health care system at meeting with prime minister
President Donald Trump had kind words for the Australian health care system at a meeting with that country's prime minister Thursday, just hours after Republican members of Congress succeeded in passing their efforts to roll back the Affordable Care Act.
“We have a failing health care -- I shouldn't say this to our great gentleman and my friend from Australia because you have better health care than we do," said Trump.
The remarks were quickly seized upon by progressive critics of the president, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, who have long advocated for a government-run universal health care option, similar to Australia's Medicare system.
"The president has just said it. That's great. Let's take a look at the Australian health care system, and let's move," said Sanders shortly afterward in an interview on MSNBC. "Maybe he wants to take a look at the Canadian health care system or systems throughout Europe. Thank you, Mr. President. Let us move to a Medicare-for-all system that does what every other major country does."
Can you say, HOLY ****! I'll bet you can.
Deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that Trump was "simply being complimentary of the prime minister, and I don't think it was much more than that."
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just over an hour later, . . . "Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do -- everybody does. ObamaCare is dead! But our healthcare will soon be great," wrote Trump.
Every other developed nation has basic universal health care with lower costs and better outcomes for public health than the United States, yet the 'conservatives' are unwilling to accept the facts.